Health

A Moulton mum is putting on a Zumbathon for a charity which has helped her daughter who has a brain tumour. Both Jannine Sandell and her 16-year-old daughter Lily have a condition called Neurofibromatosis or NF1 for short.Due to the condition, Lily has a brain tumour, hydrocephalus, scoliosis, mobility issues and social and emotional issues. Jannine has minimal symptoms as ...

Spalding’s Community Connectors are holding fortnightly coffee and cake drop in sessions for those who may need them. Vanessa Collins and Jo Ireland are based at Tonic Health at Broadgate House on Westlode Street.“Our job is about connecting people to local services that are right for them, whatever that might be,” Jo said. “It helps people meet even more faces.“Anyone ...

Some of the South Holland’s most caring people were recognised at the Lincolnshire Care Awards last week. Clayton Hosier from Brun Lea Care Home in Spalding took home the Residential Care Award.Ana Peixoto from Capricorn Cottage, Fleet, was highly commended in the Residential Care category and Mandy Secker, from Holbeach and East Elloe Hospital Trust, was highly commended in the ...

A new support service for people with autism in Lincolnshire has been launched and claims to be one of the first of its kind in the UK. The Virtual Autism Hub, run by Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, has been created to help autistic people of all ages, and their carers, find and access local support.A dedicated team are now ...

Councillors and health officials have welcomed the expansion of the NHS 111 service to include mental health support, saying it’s exactly what Lincolnshire needs post COVID-19. Starting Tuesday, April 2, individuals of all ages calling 111 can press 2 to access urgent mental health support, writes Local Democracy Reporter James Turner.This improved service allows callers to speak with specially trained ...

More staff have been brought in to work at Spalding Urgent Treatment Centre (UTC) based at Johnson Hospital because it’s so busy. Papers submitted to a meeting of the Lincolnshire Community Health NHS Trust, which currently runs the Johnson Hospital, says it’s busier than expected necessitating an update.A total of £421,000 has been allocated for it and the UTC in ...

A Spalding man who has neurodiverse children has written a book about how he and his family have coped. James Wand hopes that by self-publishing Autism and ADHD – A Father’s Perspective, he’ll help other parents overcome the many challenges he and wife Emily have faced.Their 13-year-old daughter Mia suffered many issues, particularly with school, and she was diagnosed with ...

A group that aims to bring men together and talking about their health had a special visitor last week. Bro Pro, set up by the Tonic Health charity at its Spalding base, invited Michael Heppell, an advanced clinical practitioner from Beechfield Medical Centre, to its meeting.They discussed a variety of male-specific health matters such as prostate problems, and also other ...

A councillor says she’s hopeful a new project to provide support for substance abusers will be widely available in South Holland. County councillor and district council deputy leader Tracey Carter said she had been concerned at the lack of support in this area.But she is now ‘optimistic’ a new Lincs Recovery Partnership, adopted by Lincolnshire County Council, will have an ...

A group that aims to be the voice of NHS patients in Lincolnshire is hosting an event to get people’s views face-to-face. Healthwatch Lincolnshire’s Your Voice event will take place at Boston United Football Club’s Jakeman’s Stadium from 10am to 1pm on Friday, April 26.The free session will include a host of stalls and a public speaker, Prof Derek Ward, ...

The solution to Lincolnshire’s healthcare problems is not as simple as investing more money into the system. Instead, it’s about using resources more wisely and listening to the needs of individual people, according to the county’s public health director. At the Health Scrutiny Committee meeting for Lincolnshire last Wednesday, county councillors put questions to Derek Ward, the local director for ...

A call has gone out for the public to respect those in public facing services after a councillor spoke of how she had to step in after watching a patient reduce a pharmacist to tears.Coun Glynis Scalese was working as a nurse when she witnessed the incident at West Elloe Pharmacy.“Last week I was disappointed to see two members of ...

Work has begun on constructing the new multi-million pound emergency department at Pilgrim Hospital in Boston.The demolition of the building next to the existing emergency department has been completed, foundations have been poured and the concrete infrastructure is being installed for the two-storey new build extension.Once the concrete floors, stairwells, lift shafts and other structural elements are in place, the ...

Seven new defibrillators have been installed around Spalding and a host of others refurbished. South Holland District Council has nine council maintained defibrillators in the district, alongside dozens of others managed by other organisations and businesses.It’s 24/7 services are at the public toilets in Winfrey Avenue, on Broadgate House in Westlode Street and at The Lighthouse in Haverfield Road.Others available ...

A family tearoom is at the centre of a year-long awareness campaign to highlight Crohn’s Disease and its impact. Half of the four-strong team at Victoria House in Gosberton are living with the autoimmune condition.And it is now the centre of operations for the campaign to tell people how much of an impact Crohn’s can have.The tea shop was previously ...

A Spalding dentist has failed to make any improvements required by the Care Quality Commission and now faces enforcement action. An announced visit In November to Dr Baber Khan, in The Crescent, found the practice still didn’t meet legal requirements.A previous report a year earlier specified areas which needed to be improved.“We found this practice was not providing safe care ...

There’s hope that help for the dental desert that is South Holland might be on the horizon. The government has announced that dentists who set up a practice in an area with poor access to NHS care will be given a £20,000 bonus.The ‘golden hello’, as it’s been called, will be available for up to 240 dentists in areas branded ...

Local health bosses say there are more GP and dentistry appointments now than ever, but acknowledge there’s still work to do to get where they need to be Director of service development Sarah-Jane Mills and chief operating officer for the East, Sandra Williamson of the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board, were grilled last week by South Holland District Council’s Performance Monitoring ...

Care Quality Commission reports have been published for a Spalding dentist and a care home. Both Southfield House, Woolram Wygate, and the Smile Orthodontics, Bourne Road, were awarded a rating of ‘good’.Operated by The Order of St John Care Trust, Southfield House is a residential care home for up to 32 people.“There were enough staff to meet people’s needs and ...

A hospital trust has been given an award for the way it treats the staff it brings in from overseas. United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) has achieved the NHS Pastoral Care Quality Award. Over the last three years, in excess of 780 internationally educated nurses have joined ULHT across 42 cohorts, ranging in size from five to 65 from ...